In the fourth round of the SALAM project, participants each submitted 2,000-word essays on the following subject:
Decentering Arms in Middle East Security
The debate will be held in person in Nice on September 26-27, 2024.
Synthesis Paper
Published January 2025
The Essays
Essays will be published throughout November and December 2024.
A synthesis paper will follow.
US Arms Transfers to the Middle East: Challenges of Change
Jennifer L. Erickson
Can the UK kick its addiction to Middle East arms sales?
Sam Perlo-Freeman
Armless Visions? The Quest for Security in the GCC
Bader Al-Saif
Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Search for a Durable, Less Militarized Consensus
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
Multipolarity and the Enduring Grip of Militarization in MENA
Annelle Sheline
From Conflict to Community: NGOs’ Role in Northern Lebanon
Hala Abi Saleh
Collaborators
Framework
SALAM is part of the broader project Revitalizing Debate on the Global Arms Trade from the World Peace Foundation at Tufts University.
